Anyone else running a scoped revolver?

GypsmJim · Apr 18, 2022

Rclark said:
Nope, never have. Wouldn't fit in any of my hip holsters. Who knows what the feature will bring though . Ha!

I have scopes on a Blackhawk, a Redhawk and several Marks. Carry them all. The 45s are my deer guns.

Many years ago I saw a S&W catalog that showed a 44 mag Model 29 in a holster. I copied the holster diagram and made a template with cardboard. Made mods until it fit the Blackhawk and then transcribed in on leather. With a little stitching and viola a custom holster.

Works on my hip or with a cross draw shoulder strap (also copied from a picture in a catalog).

daveg.inkc · Apr 21, 2022

I have a 10.5 “ SuperBH. Burris scope. My .45 C. 7.5” Stainless BlackHawk is very accurate scoped. My favorite one to deer hunt with. Best powder I’ve found is AA#9.

Longcarbine · Apr 21, 2022

I run red dots on most of my revolvers but have a few set up for long range squirrel thumping in the pecan groves.
647 .17hmr, 48 K22 Masterpiece .22mag, 648 .22mag

A couple Single Six Hunters

A Blackhawk Hunter and a Redhawk, both .44

t-reg · Apr 21, 2022

noahmercy said:
Good point, and one reason I favor low powers or variables that go down low enough to allow shooting with both eyes open without feeling like it's pulling one eyeball out of your head! Makes it easier on moving or close shots.

Mine was 2x Leopold. Was not a good match for still hunting or driving.
RMR type red dot solves the problems found with the typical crosshair type scope, even the low magnification types.
If your a stand hunter or target shooter then the scope may be a good match.
My advice to everyone is: before you take a crosshair scope out in the field is to go spot some tweety birds and squirrels with it first.
Just my experience, YMMV

rkrcpa · Apr 21, 2022

t-reg said:
Mine was 2x Leopold. Was not a good match for still hunting or driving.
RMR type red dot solves the problems found with the typical crosshair type scope, even the low magnification types.
If your a stand hunter or target shooter then the scope may be a good match.
My advice to everyone is: before you take a crosshair scope out in the field is to go spot some tweety birds and squirrels with it first.
Just my experience, YMMV

I had this experience a few years ago with my scoped 41 mag. Deer was so close all I could see was brown in the 2x scope. That is what caused me to switch to a Vortex Venom. Of course, I still have a scope on the Contender but that's a whole different kettle.

NDAR15MAN · Apr 22, 2022

Longcarbine. Wow you sure have great looking pistol collection. I was able to find a new S&W 617-6 last week at a good price. I am going to put a weaver 2 .5 x 8 x 28 Weaver Japan Scope on it. Do you think low rings would be the best for this pistol and scope combo ? Thanks. Marty

vlavalle · Apr 22, 2022

NDAR15MAN said:
Longcarbine. Wow you sure have great looking pistol collection. I was able to find a new S&W 617-6 last week at a good price. I am going to put a weaver 2 .5 x 8 x 28 Weaver Japan Scope on it. Do you think low rings would be the best for this pistol and scope combo ? Thanks. Marty

Those are not pistols. They are revolvers. Very different - and a lot safer and more powerful than pistols.

noahmercy · Apr 22, 2022

vlavalle said:
Those are not pistols. They are revolvers. Very different - and a lot safer and more powerful than pistols.

Technically, they are revolving pistols, as opposed to single shot pistols or semi-automatic pistols. "Pistol" just means a firearm designed to be aimed and fired with one hand, i.e. handgun.

BeanoTexas · Apr 22, 2022

I'm sorry for the crappy picture, but this is my .41 Blackhawk with the Burris FF2- not a scope but oh so handy.

vlavalle · Apr 22, 2022

noahmercy said:
Technically, they are revolving pistols, as opposed to single shot pistols or semi-automatic pistols. "Pistol" just means a firearm designed to be aimed and fired with one hand, i.e. handgun.

Wrong! A pistol is not a generic item. It is specifically a hangun where the ammo is loaded in the barrel. You apparently do not know what the meaning of 'pistol' is. Revolvers are not pistols of any kind, in any way.

hittman · Apr 22, 2022

https://www.bing.com/search?q=pisto...7819E7C682487396ACEADCEF720564&FORM=QBLH&sp=1
pis·tol
[ˈpistl]

NOUN

a small firearm designed to be held in one hand.
synonyms:
revolver · gun · handgun · side arm · automatic pistol · six-shooter · thirty-eight · derringer · Browning automatic · Colt · Webley · Luger

vlavalle · Apr 22, 2022

Sorry, that is not the definition of what a 'pistol' is. This definition Is the the generic misuse of the word. Look al lot further. This 'definition' you found is a result of people, as yourself, that do not know the true meaning and use it generically. I can show you other places where there is a real definition of 'pistol', and it is clearly where the round is in the barrel. This, of course, rules out revolvers!

hittman · Apr 22, 2022

In modern language, pistol is described any hand gun.
I was taught growing up the distinction between pistol and revolver but, many weren’t.
Seems both have merit.
This discussion is akin to 9mm v. 40 cal or best gun for bear, etc.

=========================================================

In contrast with modern colloquial usage, the term is technically synonymous with any handgun type, including all revolvers and derringers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisto...one,(ca. 1550), meaning a small gun or knife.

p5200 · Apr 23, 2022

Longcarbine said:
I run red dots on most of my revolvers but have a few set up for long range squirrel thumping in the pecan groves.
647 .17hmr, 48 K22 Masterpiece .22mag, 648 .22mag

A couple Single Six Hunters

A Blackhawk Hunter and a Redhawk, both .44

Verry nice collection! I have a Bushnell Elite 3200 2-6 power on my 7.5" Super Redhawk seems to hole zero well.

noahmercy · Apr 23, 2022

vlavalle said:
Wrong! A pistol is not a generic item. It is specifically a hangun where the ammo is loaded in the barrel. You apparently do not know what the meaning of 'pistol' is. Revolvers are not pistols of any kind, in any way.

Tell Samuel Colt he was wrong. Or Smith & Wesson. While the usage of the word has come to be synonymous with autoloading handguns, it was not originally and it is still NOT incorrect to use it when referring to any handgun. Much like the 45 Colt vs. Long Colt, it may be annoying to some, but it is documentable that the term is correct from a historical standpoint, and every dictionary defines a pistol as a one-handed firearm, including dictionaries from the early 1900s.

375hh1973 · Apr 23, 2022

Some of my pistols take clips

Some of my pistols have cylinders

Y2K · Apr 23, 2022

My SBH Hunter .41 MAG had a Simmons scope on it when I bought it.

I don't hunt so didn't need it.

MarkB · Apr 24, 2022

Have a 7 1/2 Redhawk .41 Magnum with a stainless 2X Weaver, a .30 carbine Blackhawk with 3X TC Lobo, and a Single Six 10 inch with a 2.5X Bushnell Phantom. The latter will shoot 1/2 inch groups on sandbags at 25 yards all day long. Love scopes on handguns, just not off hand. Shows me just how bad I can hold!

Y2K · Apr 24, 2022

"...Shows me just how bad I can hold!

LOL.

bearskinner · Apr 24, 2022

I have a couple scoped hunting handguns…..

Y2K · Apr 24, 2022

I guess you do!

bearskinner · Apr 24, 2022

A couple more…..

bearskinner · Apr 24, 2022

That’s a few I had on my phone. I don’t use a rifle, except hunting in Canada.

beginner · Apr 25, 2022

SBH hunter 44 mag with 2x luepold

Shotgungibbs · Apr 25, 2022

I have 2.5 power Leupold on my Mag-na-port Stalker.

Markbo · Apr 28, 2022

Every handgun I use for hunting from
.22 to .460 S&W is either scoped or has a red dot. I am 61 years old and can't see Iron sight that well anymore especially all black sights at dawn or dusk.

I am not sorry nor do I feel bad about it.

Mobuck · Apr 29, 2022

My old time hunting buddy had one of the SBH Hunter models with the scope cuts on the barrel. The barrel kept unscrewing itself and he swapped it for a Redhawk.
I have 3 scoped revolvers which I haven't shot for years. Probably should 're-home' them.

MarkB · May 3, 2022

Oh, guess I forgot about my Contenders. Have a 3x Lobo on a 218 Bee, and a 2x Burris on a 30-30 12". Don't shoot my 3 Contenders much any more. Have about 6 barrels I think. With prices being as high as they are on used ones now, probably should sell the whole collection. That 218 Bee will group around an inch at 100 yards on a rest, but haven't shot a prairie dog in years now!

Rumrunner · May 3, 2022

bearskinner,

That is a nice collection. What brand are the muzzle brakes, or who did them?
Looks like you prefer scopes over red dots. I do see one red dot on your SBH Hunter.

Prescut · May 3, 2022

I have "Reference Revolvers" for each caliber and most are scoped to keep me from fouling my testing data.

You don't have to quite shooting just because you can't see the target.

Prescut

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